Description |
1 online resource (263 pages) |
Series |
Boydell Studies in Rural History ; 2 |
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Boydell studies in rural history.
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Contents |
Front Cover -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Contributors -- List of Abbreviations -- Knowledge and its Networks in Rural Europe: From the Early Eighteenth to the Late Twentieth Century -- Agricultural Literature in Scandinavia and the Anglo-Saxon Countries as an Indicator -- Peasant Eyes: A Critique of the Agricultural Enlightenment -- Fighting the Angoumois Grain Moth: Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau and his Network -- 'Promoting and Accelerating the Progress of Agriculture': A Case Study of Agricultural Societies |
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'Proper Values' in Agriculture: The Role of Agricultural Associations in Knowledge Dissemination -- 'The Eye of the Master': Livestock Improvement and Knowledge Networks in Belgium, 1900-1940 -- Bridging Rural Culture and Expert Culture: The Agrarian Press in Galicia, c.1900-c.1950 -- Farmers Facing a Body of Expertise: the Activities and Methods of the Departmental Services -- Technical Change and Knowledge Networks in England, 1945-1980s -- Communicating an Innovation: Building Dutch Progeny Testing Stations for Pigs -- Index |
Summary |
An examination of how farming expertise could be shared and extended, over four centuries |
Subject |
Communication in agriculture -- History -- 18th century
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Communication in agriculture -- History -- 19th century
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Communication in agriculture -- History -- 20th century
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Agricultural innovations -- History -- 18th century
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Agricultural innovations -- History -- 19th century
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Agricultural innovations -- History -- 20th century
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History.
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Agricultural innovations
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Communication in agriculture
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Van Molle, Leen
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Myrdal, Janken
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Lehmbrock, Verena
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Holland, Sarah
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Claeys, Dries
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Cabo, Miguel
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Fernández Prieto, Lourenzo
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Herment, Laurent
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Brassley, Paul
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ISBN |
1800105762 |
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9781800105751 |
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1800105754 |
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9781800105768 |
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